Jarak Island (Malay: Pulau Jarak / ڤولاو جارق) is an island in the straits of Malacca. It is administered as part of Perak, Malaysia. The island is granitic, heavily forested, and has a rocky shoreline.[1][2] Jarak has been described as being 8 hectares (20 acres) in size.[2]
Native name: Pulau Jarak / ڤولاو جارق | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Straits of Malacca |
| Coordinates | 3°58′40″N 100°05′58″E / 3.97778°N 100.09944°E |
| Area | 0.39 km2 (0.15 sq mi) |
| Administration | |
| State |  Perak |
| District | Manjung |
| Mukim | Lumut |
The island is home to an endemic species of gecko, the Jarak Island bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus jarakensis).[3] The waters around the island host a number of coral reefs.[2]
A notable, extensive survey of the island was documented by John Wyatt-Smith and Michael Tweedie in 1950, who were part of an expedition investigating scrub typhus on the island.[4]
References
edit- ^ Hussin, A. & Ghani, A. & Ismail, Khaira & Fauzi, Rosmadi & Dorall, R. & Gokilan, S.. (2008). The geology and geomorphology of Pulau Jarak, Pulau sembilan and Pulau Perak. 27. 1–6.
- ^ a b c Phang, Siew-Moi & Lim, Phaik Eem & Lean, Jillian & Ooi, Jillian & Yeong, Hui Yin & Ng, Woan-Shien & Küpper, Frithjof. (2008). Marine Algae of Perak Island, Jarak Island and the Sembilan Group of Islands in the Straits of Malacca. 27.
- ^ Grismer, Larry & Onn, Chan & Grismer, Jesse & Wood Jr, Perry & M. BELABUT, Daicus. (2008). Three New Species Of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) From Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa. 1–23. 10.5281/zenodo.184717.
- ^ Wyatt-Smith, J. "The Vegetation of Jarak Island, Straits of Malacca." Journal of Ecology 41, no. 2 (1953): 207–225. Accessed September 6, 2021. doi:10.2307/2257036.
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